211,188 Shares in Trimble Inc. $TRMB Purchased by BSW Wealth Partners

Key Points

• BSW Wealth Partners bought 211,188 shares of Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) in Q4, a stake valued at about $16.55 million that made Trimble the firm’s 9th-largest holding and represented 0.09% of Trimble at quarter-end.
• Trimble beat Q4 estimates with $1.00 EPS versus $0.96 expected and $969.8M in revenue (vs. $949.97M), though revenue was down 1.4% year-over-year; the company issued FY2026 EPS guidance of 3.420–3.620 and Q1 2026 guidance of 0.690–0.740.
• Institutional ownership is high at 93.21% and analysts carry an average "Buy" rating with a $92.78 average price target, while CEO Robert Painter sold 7,500 shares in March, leaving insiders owning 0.54% of the stock.

BSW Wealth Partners bought a new position in shares of Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 211,188 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $16,547,000. Trimble makes up 2.0% of BSW Wealth Partners' holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. BSW Wealth Partners owned 0.09% of Trimble at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in Trimble by 30.9% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 96,052 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $7,843,000 after purchasing an additional 22,650 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its stake in Trimble by 31.5% during the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 146,283 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $11,944,000 after purchasing an additional 35,015 shares during the period. Essex Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its stake in Trimble by 168.8% during the third quarter. Essex Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 45,669 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $3,729,000 after purchasing an additional 28,676 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in Trimble by 123.4% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 237,294 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $19,375,000 after purchasing an additional 131,056 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Trimble by 17.5% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 839,625 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $68,555,000 after purchasing an additional 124,772 shares during the period. 93.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trimble Stock Performance

TRMB stock opened at $66.89 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $66.47 and a 200 day moving average price of $74.31. Trimble Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $55.55 and a fifty-two week high of $87.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.52 billion, a PE ratio of 38.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.53.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.04. Trimble had a net margin of 11.82% and a return on equity of 11.18%. The firm had revenue of $969.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $949.97 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. Trimble's revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. Trimble has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.420-3.620 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.690-0.740 EPS. Analysts forecast that Trimble Inc. will post 2.37 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Robert G. Painter sold 7,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.45, for a total value of $528,375.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 19,397 shares in the company, valued at $1,366,518.65. The trade was a 27.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.54% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on TRMB. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Trimble in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Trimble in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Oppenheimer restated an "outperform" rating and set a $86.00 price target on shares of Trimble in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Trimble from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Trimble from $94.00 to $79.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Trimble currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $92.78.

Trimble Profile

Trimble Inc NASDAQ: TRMB is a technology company that develops hardware, software and services to improve the productivity and connectivity of customers across the construction, agriculture, geospatial, transportation and logistics, and natural resources sectors. The company's offerings center on advanced positioning technologies — including GNSS/GPS receivers, inertial sensors and laser scanning — integrated with application-specific software and cloud services to enable precise measurement, modeling, machine control and workflow automation for field and office operations.

Trimble's product portfolio spans surveying and geospatial instruments (total stations, mobile mapping and terrestrial laser scanners), construction solutions (machine control systems, site positioning and estimating), agriculture systems (auto-steer, guidance and application-control platforms), and fleet and transportation telematics.

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